| Centuries: | 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC |
| Decades: | 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC |
| Years: | 473 BC 472 BC 471 BC - 470 BC - 469 BC 468 BC 467 BC |
| 470 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 470 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 284 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2313 – -2312 |
| Berber calendar | 481 |
| Buddhist calendar | 75 |
| Burmese calendar | -1107 |
| Chinese calendar | 2167/2227 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2168/2228([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -753 – -752 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -477 – -476 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3291 – 3292 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -414 – -413 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2632 – 2633 |
| Holocene calendar | 9531 |
| Iranian calendar | 1091 BP – 1090 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1125 BH – 1123 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 1864 |
| Thai solar calendar | 74 |
Events
By Place
Greece
- Suspected of plotting to seize power in Sparta by instigating a helot uprising, Pausanias takes refuge in the Temple of Athena of the Brazen House to escape arrest. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 6th century BC started the first day of 600 BC and ended the last day of 501 BC. The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Births 496 BC — Sophocles, Athenian Dramatist and Statesman c Births 484 BC — Herodotus, Greek Historian 484 BC — Achaeus of Eretria, a Greek Events and trends 479 BC — The Battle of Plataea, the Greeks defeat the Persians, ending the Persian Wars. Events and trends 468 BC — Sophocles, Greek Playwright, defeats Aeschylus for the Athenian Prize. Events and trends 459 BC — Destruction of the Sicilian town of Morgantina by Douketios, leader of the Sikels, according Events and trends 449 BC — Construction begins on the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Events By place China The State of Wu is annexed by the State of Yue. Events By place Greece Carystus in Euboea is forced to join the Delian League after the Athenians attack the city Events By place Greece Athenian Politician Themistocles loses the confidence of the Athenian people partly due to Events By Place Greece The island of Naxos wishes to secede from the Delian League, but is blockaded by Athens and Events By place Greece Sparta faces trouble near home chiefly from Arcadia with the support of Argos. Events By place Roman republic Quintus Fabius Vibulanus becomes consul of the Roman Republic for the first of three times The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη The helots (in Classical Greek / Heílôtes) were an unfree population group that formed the Pausanias (Greek = Παυσανίας (d c 470 BC was a Spartan general of the 5th century BC The sanctuary is respected, but the Spartans wall in the sanctuary and starve Pausanias to death. Sanctuary has multiple meanings A sanctuary is the consecrated area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar
By topic
Architecture
- The construction of the Temple of Zeus, begins at Olympia, Greece. The Temple of Zeus at Olympia is an ancient Greek pagan temple dedicated to the chief of the gods Zeus. Olympia ( Greek: Olympí'a or Olýmpia, older transliterations Olimpia, Olimbia) a sanctuary of ancient Greece This includes the relief sculpture (of which fragments now remain at the Archeological Museum in Olympia) of Apollo with battling Lapiths and centaurs (approximate date). In Greek mythology, the Lapiths were a legendary people whose home was in Thessaly, in the valley of the Peneus and on the mountain Pelion.
Art
- The Charioteer, in the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, is created in commemoration of a victory in the Pythian Games of 478 or 474 BC (approximate date). Delphi ( Greek,) ( pronounce and dialectal forms) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western The Pythian Games (Delphic Games were one of the four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece, a forerunner of the modern Olympic Games, held every four Events By place Greece Despite Spartan opposition Athens is refortified as well as rebuilt after the Events By place Italy Hiero I, tyrant of Sicily, allied with Aristodemus, the tyrant of It is now preserved at the Archaeological Museum in Delphi. Delphi ( Greek,) ( pronounce and dialectal forms) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western
- Pan Painter makes a "bell krater" (an earthenware piece that is used to mix water and wine) which has a red-figure decoration of Artemis slaying Actaeon. The Pan Painter was an ancient Greek vase painter of the Attic red-figure style In Greek mythology, Actaeon (ækˈtiən (Greek Ακταίων) son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, It is now preserved at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (approximate date).
Births
- Aspasia of Miletus, mistress of Pericles of Athens (d. Aspasia (ca 470 BC&ndashca 400 BC Greek:) was a Milesian woman who was famous for her involvement with the Athenian statesman Miletus (mī lē' təs ( Ancient Greek: Μίλητος literally Transliterated Milētos, Latin Miletus) was an Ancient Pericles (also spelled Perikles) (c 495 – 429 BC Greek:, meaning "surrounded by glory" was a prominent and influential Statesman, orator Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's c. 400 BC)
- Mozi, Chinese philosopher (d. Events By place Persian Empire Artaxerxes II King of Persia appoints Tissaphernes to take over all the districts in Mozi ( Lat as Micius, ca 470 BCE&ndashca 391 BCE was a Philosopher who lived in China during the Hundred Schools of Thought China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language c. 390 BC)
- Socrates, Athenian philosopher (approximate date) (d. Events By place Roman Republic July 18 - Brennus, a chieftain of the Senones of the Adriatic coast of SOCRATES is the European Community action programme in the field of Education. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language 399 BC)
Deaths
Events By place Greece February 15 — The Greek Philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by Athenian Pausanias (Greek = Παυσανίας (d c 470 BC was a Spartan general of the 5th century BC The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic ΣπάρτηDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic